# David Schneider

> David Schneider is a Series B investor at Zalando (Berlin) backing Finance and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zalando](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zalando-se)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-schneider-340097124

David Schneider is a Series B investor at Zalando in Berlin focused on Finance and Software. David Schneider is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Zalando SE. He previously worked at Gondrand International AG as a Key-Account-Manager. David Schneider attended WHU – Otto-Beisheim School of Management.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5.6M–$118M |
| Series A | $9M–$22M |
| Series B | $8M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 22% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 22% |
| Small and Medium Businesses | 2 | 22% |
| CRM | 1 | 11% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 33% |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 22% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 7 | 78% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Swap | Swap is a software company that specializes in returns, exchanges, and funding for e-commerce. | $9M | Series A | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| Fuchs & Eule | VALYRIA is an expert in buying and selling apartment buildings. | $5.6M | Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| SellerX | SellerX buys and grows Amazon businesses. We are a VC-backed start-up with a growing, diversified portfolio of FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) sellers. Our goal is to optimize and grow the brands we acquire post-acquisition.Founded by two HBS graduates: one who built an e-commerce business to $1bn+ in revenue as co-founder, and the other a formerGoldman Sachs SSG with extensive PE roll-up experience. Together, they have raised over $250mn in financing led by L Catterton, Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital, 83 North and Silicon Valley-based TriplePoint Capital. | $30.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 25, 2021 |  |
| FINN | At finn our mission is to make mobility fun and sustainable: We help everyone who loves driving their own car but refuses the struggle, commitment and intransparent costs associated with car ownership. We achieve this by offering all-inclusive, immediately available, monthly car-subscriptions. Best thing, yet: While you drive we plant trees asevery journey is CO2 compensated. | $21.9M | Series A | Dec 07, 2020 |  |
| SellerX | SellerX buys and grows Amazon businesses. We are a VC-backed start-up with a growing, diversified portfolio of FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) sellers. Our goal is to optimize and grow the brands we acquire post-acquisition.Founded by two HBS graduates: one who built an e-commerce business to $1bn+ in revenue as co-founder, and the other a formerGoldman Sachs SSG with extensive PE roll-up experience. Together, they have raised over $250mn in financing led by L Catterton, Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital, 83 North and Silicon Valley-based TriplePoint Capital. | $118M | Seed | Nov 19, 2020 |  |
| Enpal | Enpal is a photovoltaics leasing firm that provides solar power systems. Its product already enables customers to reduce their electricity expenditure through a solar system and a green all-inclusive energy solution. The company was founded in 2017 by Jochen Ziervogel, Mario Kohle, and Viktor Wingert. It is based in Berlin, Germany. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 06, 2020 |  |
| Shore | Shore is the leading provider of web-based business solutions for local service providers. The company offers easy and cost-effective access to digital communication and productivity software. The product portfolio spans from Online Booking over a professional CRM system, easy-to-use marketing tools to an efficient iPad-based cash system.Technical knowledge is not required. Shore enables local service providers to benefit from the versatile potential of digital solutions and helps them bring their business to new heights. Founded in 2012, Shore provides its solutions in 10 European countries and opened its first US office in LA in 2015. |  | Series B | Sep 22, 2016 |  |
| N26 | N26 offers mobile banking solutions to customers in the European Union through its subsidiary. It provides international money transfer, investment, overdraft, and cash withdrawal and deposits at stores. N26 provides mobile banking services for customers. Its mobile banking services offer online banking that includes making and handling ofcurrent accounts, fixed accounts, and other banking services, letting customers manage and control their banking details via a smartphone application easily.Maximilian Tayenthal and Valentin Stalf founded Papayer in February 2013, which later became N26, with its headquarters in Berlin in Germany. | $40M | Series B | Jun 21, 2016 |  |
| Watchmaster | Watchmaster makes buying and selling luxury watches online how it should be: comfortable, safe, and fast. Their mission is to create a digital platform for luxury watches that combines the security and service of a classic jeweler with the comfort and excellent prices of eCommerce. With their collection of classy and authentic timepieces, theybring fascination and desire, passion and pride to your wrist for up to 30 percent below the listing prices. These discounts are possible because they obtain their stock from private individuals and more than 1,800 authorized retailers around the globe. This huge network allows us to exploit factors like currency fluctuations or price instabilities on the watch market, which allows us to offer you exclusive timepieces considerably below retail price. | $8M | Series B | Feb 02, 2016 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Felix Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felix-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Picus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/picus-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2100 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2100-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BNVT Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9900) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bayern Kapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bayern-kapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Zalando

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle. Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to 42 million active customers in 17 markets, offering clothing, footwear, accessories and beauty. The assortment of international brands ranges from world famous names to local labels. Our platform is a one-stop fashiondestination for inspiration, innovation and interaction. As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners and every valuable player in the Zalando story. Our goal is to become the starting point for fashion. Our logistics network with 13 centrally located fulfillment centers allows us to efficiently serve our customers throughout Europe, supported by warehouses in Italy, France, Poland and Sweden with a focus on local customer needs.

5 contacts available at Zalando.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Schneider | Co-Founder and Co-CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-schneider-3 |
| Gary Rafferty | Engineering Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-rafferty |
| Max Schultze | Data Engineering Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-schultze-47bc |
| Michelle Tran | Director of Applied Science & Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michelle-tran |
| Oisin Fhearai | Senior Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oisin-fhearai |

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## FAQ

### What does David Schneider invest in?

David Schneider invests primarily in Finance, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is David Schneider's check size?

David Schneider typically joins rounds of $5.6M–$118M at Seed, $9M–$22M at Series A and $8M–$40M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds David Schneider participates in.

### When did David Schneider last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Schneider closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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